Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.

Everybody thought New York was this hard, cruel place, and I found it to be an extraordinarily wonderful place filled with the most interesting people.

In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to.